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4Au + 3Ca(ClO)2 + 12H+ 🔥→ 4Au3+ + 3CaCl2 + 6H2O

Reaction of gold and calcium hypochlorite under acidic condition
4AuGold + 3Ca(ClO)2Calcium hypochlorite + 12H+Hydrogen ion
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4Au3+Gold(III) ion + 3CaCl2Calcium chloride + 6H2OWater

The reaction of gold, calcium hypochlorite, and hydrogen ion yields gold(III) ion, calcium chloride, and water (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an oxidation-reduction reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

Reaction of gold and calcium hypochlorite under acidic condition
4AuGold + 3Ca(ClO)2Calcium hypochlorite + 12H+Hydrogen ion
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4Au3+Gold(III) ion + 3CaCl2Calcium chloride + 6H2OWater

General equation

Reaction of hardly oxidizable species and oxidizing species under acidic condition
Hardly oxidizable speciesReducing agent + Oxidizing speciesOxidizing agent + H+Non-redox agent
ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product + H2ONon-redox product

Oxidation state of each atom

Reaction of gold and calcium hypochlorite under acidic condition

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
AuGold4
Reducing
Hardly oxidizable
Ca(ClO)2Calcium hypochlorite3
Oxidizing
Oxidizing under acidic condition
H+Hydrogen ion12
Hydrogen ion

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Au3+Gold(III) ion4
Oxidized
CaCl2Calcium chloride3
Reduced
H2OWater6
Water

Thermodynamic changes

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Au (cr)0[1]0[1]47.40[1]25.418[1]
Au (g)366.1[1]326.3[1]180.503[1]20.786[1]
Ca(ClO)2 (aq)-754.4[1]
H+ (g)1536.202[1]
H+ (ao)0[1]0[1]0[1]0[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (aq):Aqueous solution, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Au3+
CaCl2 (cr)-795.8[1]-748.1[1]104.6[1]72.59[1]
CaCl2 (g)-471.5[1]-479.24[1]290.27[1]59.33[1]
CaCl2 (ai)-877.13[1]-816.01[1]59.8[1]
CaCl2 (cr)
1 hydrate
-1109.2[1]
CaCl2 (cr)
2 hydrate
-1402.9[1]
CaCl2 (cr)
4 hydrate
-2009.6[1]
CaCl2 (cr)
6 hydrate
-2607.9[1]
H2O (cr)
H2O (l)-285.830[1]-237.129[1]69.91[1]75.291[1]
H2O (g)-241.818[1]-228.572[1]188.825[1]33.577[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution, (l):Liquid

References

List of references

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